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Catalogue of the magnificent collection of important manuscripts and objects of art and vertu of M. Guglielmo Libri

by: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge

Publication date: 1864

Topics: Libri, Guillaumo -- Art collections -- Catalogs, Armor -- Catalogs, Guillaumo Libri

Publisher: London : Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge

Collection: metmuseumlibraries; americana

Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Language: English

Item Size: 154.4M

44 p., 15 plates :

"Ancient limoges and Russian enamels; rare niellos on silver; exquisitely carved ivories; mediaeval ornamentations and decorations; unique set of gold idols and ornaments by aborigines of America; rich Byzantine book-covers, with ivory plaques, gems and enamels; an admirable intaglio (signed) by [Allion], the celebrated Greek sculptor of gems; ... celestial globe and stand of metal, admirably painted in gold by P. Apianus; ... beautiful drawings by the most eminent masters, Raffaello, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Albert Durer, Murillo, Poussin, Rembrandt, &c.; xylographic reproductions of the earliest period; excesively rare and almost unknown past impressions of engravings; artistic manuscripts on vellum ...; Egyptian papyri, Coptic and Arabic Early manuscripts ..."

Place of sale: London

Date of sale: June 1, 1864